Found a decent Kaiser override/license plate guard complete with the light for the license plate. Anyone care to give me an idea of value. It's in decent shape, a couple very small dimples that probably wouldn't show up in pics. Has some scratches but no rust. I can post pics later if needed. I don't want to underprice it nor overprice it. I have an idea just want to verify that I'm on track. Last one I came across was almost 15 years ago. So I am aware that it's a rare piece.
I know of a fella who had a few and he wanted 200 a piece for them. They were useable, but not showroom... I'll give you $50.00 for it though!
If it's got the "bullets", it could be as high as the $400 range for a perfect one. I saw a nice one without bullets at the Roadster show swap for $100.
Wow. Now I'm happy I sawed the whole back bumper off a Kaiser that had that guard. Wasn't much left of the frame, but the thing is heavy for a bumper, it was a ***** to carry back to the truck. Only one bullet, though.
OK here are some pics of it. Sorry Hudsoncustom but it's not going down the road for for that little, thanks for the offer though
I picked one up at the gettysburg swap area 3 weeks ago for $40. Funny thing was, a guy was holding it, thinking about buying it when I walked up, and I heard the guy tell him $40. I just sorta hung around, a bit away, hoping he would put it down, with $40 ready in my pocket. Sure enough, the guy put it down, and I moved right in to grab it.
Oh, this is an auction??? Haha. Cool, I'll make it $75. (Judging by our co**** and stupid remarks, you can definitely get way more than this for it. If I had the money I'd realistically pay around 200-300 for the one you have there.)
There was a guy in the bay area that collected these cars. When I was looking for them I found him on the enet My $ .02
To give you an idea, I just sold two. One, really nice one with one dent at the top, decent chrome for$260. The other was rough, lots of surface rust on the inside, pits from battery acid on the top but otherwise solid for $150. These things aren't easy to find or cheap anymore. I've seen decent bullets go for $80 a piece. Just my 0.02.
Some of them Kaiser guys are cheap, had one offer us once $400 for two complete 54-55's with those guards on them. One had factory wires and both had superchargers. Who knows, maybe he just wanted the guards... In other words, it might be worth buying a whole car for the guard. You can still take the rest right to the s****yard and right now get around $100 a ton for it.
I saw that, if you can use it I guess its a good price, but someone hacked too much of it off for me to use it,
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